Stencil-frame



(No Model.)

G. W. LINDSEY.

STENCIL FRAME.

WITNESSES:

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UniTnn STATES PATENT @rricn.

GEORGE TV. LINDSEY, OF BALTIMORE, MARYLAND, ASSIGNOR OF ONE-THIRD TO OSCAR FROMMEL & BROTHER, OF NEYV YORK, N. Y. I

SPECIFICATEON forming part of Letters Patent No. 397,864, dated February 12, 1889.

Application filed November 10, 1888. $erial No. 290,458. (No model.)

To (all u'ho'llt 51' 71mg concern:

Be it known that I, GEORGE W. LINDSEY, a citizen of the United States, residing at Baltimore, in the State of Maryland, have invented certain new andv useful Improvements in Stencil l rames, of which the followingiis a specitication.

My invention relates to a stencil-plate, and

is illustratetll in the accompanying drawings, in which Figure 1 is a top view of the stencil device. Fig. i is a view of the hinge which attaches the presser-frame to the body of the device. Fig. shows one of the stencil-plates. Fig. 4 is a longitudinal section on the line 4 4, Fig. 1. Fig. 5 is a cross-section showing the guidestrip overlapping-the stencil-letter. Fig. 6 is bottom view of the stencil device. Fig. 7 is a cross-section on the line 7 '7, Fig. 6. Fig. 8 is a cross-section illustrative of a modification in the shape of the stencil-plate'fianges and grooves.

The body A of the stencil device may be made of wood or other suitable material. This body is to hold stencil-plates of individual or separate letters a, as shown in Fig. 3. These stencils have a flange, a, on each of two sides. The separate stencil-letters are to be placed in and removed when desired, so as to form any word that may be wanted. One, two, or more slots, 1), open through the body. 011 its lower surface the body has a groove, 0, on each side of the slot 5. Of course the two grooves for each slot are parallel. The flanges a of the stencil-letters fit and slide in the parallel grooves (a "hin guide-strips cl are attached to the lower surface of the body at each side of the slot 1) and each covers one groove 0. These guide-strips are attached along one edge only by pins e or other suitable means, and the other edge, which covers the groove (3, is unattached, and as the strip is thin this latter edgewill be somewhat yielding.

It will be seen that when the stencil-letters CL are in position they are overlapped by the unattached edge of the guide-strips (Z.

A frame, F, fits loosely in and occupies each slot Z) of the body. This frame consists of the two side bars, g, and the two end cross-bars, h, which unite the side bars. The frame is open. It sets in the slot 1) and rests upon the stencilletters, and by bearing down on the frame the latter will depress the stencil-letters and cause them to set close in contact with the surface of the board that is to be marked or lettered. This presser-frame is of much practical importance, since, if the stencil-letters when used with ink do not bear close against the surface to be operated on, it is found that a blurred ink-mark will be made, instead of a letter with sharp outlines.

I prefer to unite one end of the frame F, by means of a hinge, I, to the body A. This hinge has one leaf provided with elongated holes or slots j, instead of the ordinary round holes.

It will be seen that screws or nails put through the hinge-slots j and into the end of the frame, but without tightening the slotted l1inge-leaf,will allow the frame F to be depressed on the stencil-letters, as before described. At the same time the frame may be raised or moved out of the slotb when it is desired to change any letter of the stencil. A'button, It, serves to confine the free end of the frame F. I

An opening, Z, in the body A allows a stencil-plate, m, to be attached. This plate may have the outline of a diamond, n, or other figure.

A top recess, 0, is formed in the body and serves as a convenient receptacle for a brush or other article.

Fig.7 illustrates a modification in the shape of the parallel grooves 0. Here they are shown inclined or undercut, while in Figs. 5 and 6 they are straight. The flanges a of the stenoil-letters in this case must be correspondingly inclined.

Having described my invention, I claim- 1. The combination, with the body A, having a slot, 1), and longitudinal grooves c at each side thereof, of the guide-strips (Z, covcring the grooves, and the hinged frame F, whereby the stencil-plates are pressed outwardly against the strips (Z and rigidly held, substantially as specified.

2. The combination, with the body A, having a slot, 1), and grooves c at each side there- In testimony whereof I affix. my sign Maui-e in of, of the stencil-plates a, having flanges a, the preseneo of two witnesses. adapted to fit in the grooves, the strips (Z, ex-

E"";E KJiHLLQ'. tendlng over the grooves, and the presslng- 01] [DH 51 X 5 frame 11 and its fastening device, whereby the Witnesses:

stencil-plates :n'e confined in their seat-s, snb- JOHN E. MORRIS,

stantially as specified.

Mo. '1. MADDOX. 

